Dangerously Irrelevant

JANUARY 2, 2020

Since it’s now 2020, I thought it would be fun to revisit Karl Fisch’s video from 2006, titled 2020 Vision. Google buys Ford, Apple, and AMD, allowing it to make breakthroughs in solar energy, battery technology, and quantum computing. It was fascinating to see some of Karl’s projections from 2006. Related Posts. New book!

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Doug Levin

APRIL 21, 2016

” This letter marked the launch of the implementation of the first federal program dedicated to ensuring universal access to information and communications technology for improved teaching and learning in the nation’s schools. Department of Education’s national educational technology plans.).

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Hapara

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Listen to an audio version of this post: [link] Have you ever stepped into a classroom decked out with technology, but the learning goals for the technology weren’t clear? But if technology isn’t paired with good teaching and a tie-in to the subject matter, what’s the point? In 2006, Punya Mishra and Matthew J.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2022

Taryn Southern is a performer who likes to experiment with cutting-edge technologies. She even hosted a travel show back in 2006 where she jetset around the world meeting friends she had made on MySpace, a precursor to Facebook.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3).

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Edsurge

JUNE 18, 2017

Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. Join me on a quick tour of the past quarter century in education technology history. Although we were convinced that technology could transform education, simple internet access was patchy at best.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

In fact, hyflex classes were originally developed in 2006. The reason the conversation around hyflex is prevalent now is due to COVID-19, like so many other technological experiments taking form in 2022. He shared the concept in 2006 and laid out four principles for every hyflex class.

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The Web20Classroom

APRIL 11, 2018

Lately, the work I’ve been doing with teachers and leaders has centered around the engaging and effective use of technology. In addition to developing a guide for how teachers can plan better using technology and what leaders can look for when doing walkthroughs, I have had many conversations around the transformational use of technology.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2012

In addition to using Yahoo doodle, he began writing quiz software in 2006. Change education reform educational technology Flipped Classroom Khan Academy Opinion' The catalyst for Khan Academy began some years ago with a Yahoo doodle Sal developed to help a family member with her struggles in math.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 1, 2012

Technology is evolving, as are our lives. Digital Natives are people that have grown up using all sorts of technology whereas Digital Immigrants are those who have to learn to use different technologies. Technological advances are leaving many American teachers in the dust. Technology' New York: Penguin Group.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 24, 2022

In October 2006, thirteen-year-old Megan Meier hung herself in her bedroom closet after suffering months of cyberbullying. Wikipedia defines “cyberbullying” as: the use of information technology to repeatedly harm or harass other people in a deliberate manner. Jacqui Murray has been teaching K-18 technology for 30 years.

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eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Incorporating technology within classrooms In today’s digital world, where technology is readily accessible, it is crucial for classroom learning to align with current technological trends and innovations. Teachers Beliefs and Practices in Technology-based Classrooms: A Developmental View. link] Moser, K.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

In 2006, I became the first Dean of the College of Education at SEU and served in that capacity until 2012. In 2006, he was named the Florida Teacher of the Year, an honor that put him in the national competition with the top teachers from every state. I taught 5th- grade for 12 years.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

While this may make some educators cringe, the reality is that test-enhanced learning, or testing as an aid to learning, has evidence of effectiveness dating back nearly 100 years ( Roediger III, McDaniel, & McDermott, 2006 ). The Testing Effect and LMS Technology. Quizzing in LMS’ to Improve Student Learning.

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The CoolCatTeacher

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

Since 2002, I've taught middle and high schools and coached teachers on instructional technology. In 2005, I started blogging, and in 2006, I began connecting my classrooms with others worldwide. I've taught my children, nieces and nephews, and the children of my classmates from high school over the past twenty-three years.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The first big project was the Flat Classroom Project, which went on to win ISTE’s award in 2006 for the best online learning project, that I co-created with Julie Lindsey, who at the time had been in Bangladesh. And now we do global projects every single year in my classroom, and have since 2006. That project was astounding.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 23, 2018

I’ve been going most years since 2006 and while it overwhelms me, it is truly an awesome learning experience. Live Q&A: Using Technology to Stay in Touch with Parents (Facebook Live). Panelists: Christelle Pasteals (Instructional Technology Coach) and me. SMART Technologies. ISTE 2018 is here again. Booth 1203.

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Gaggle Speaks

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Secret Service’s National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC) analyzed 67 disrupted plots against K-12 schools from 2006–2018. A 2021 report from the U.S. The Averting Targeted Schools Violence report reveals the need for greater awareness of and resources for student mental health within our schools.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

As the most watched speaker in TED’s history, Sir Ken Robinson’s 2006 TED talk, Do Schools Kill Creativity has been viewed online over 40 million times and seen by an estimated 350 million people in 160 countries. Helfand goes on to define what he believes a university designed for the next millennium should be like. The Future of Education.

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Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 24, 2025

Im going to use Mishra & Koehlers Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Framework for Teacher Knowledge as my organizing framework here. (I This involves the skills required to operate particular technologies. The TPACK Framework There are a range of organizational structures you could impose on this thought exercise.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Scores of low-income youth, who have relied on these organizations for technology access and vital emotionally and academically supportive relationships, have been cut off. Libraries, lifelines for low-income families in the afterschool hours, have largely remained closed to patrons during the pandemic.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 22, 2018

And you know, I’m kind of technology agnostic in some ways. I like technology. I was a science educator, so I’m pretty comfortable and confident using technologies of all kinds, although the kids have really surpassed me when we start to get some of the newer tools that their using, particularly as part of their Maker Work.

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EdNews Daily

JUNE 16, 2016

In 2006 National-Louis University asked me to build, launch and manage the first graduate advising program in the history of the institution. From 2006-2011, I supported and advised over 2,500 teachers. in Curriculum and Instruction. It’s happening.

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Neo LMS

JULY 6, 2017

TPACK stands for Technological Pedagogical And Content Knowledge. The core idea behind it is that a great teacher must perfectly know (Knowledge) the subject being taught (Content), how to deliver it so that a student learns it (Pedagogy) and also how to choose and use the right technology in doing so (Technology).

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Waterford

JULY 24, 2020

One of the most efficient ways to differentiate instruction is through educational technology that adapts to students’ needs.[3] Different Technologies for Differentiated Education: Social Networks, Identity and Diversity in e-Learning. International Education Journal, 2006, 7(7), pp. Retrieved from sciencedirect.com: [link].

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EdNews Daily

AUGUST 18, 2018

Then, in 2006, lawmakers revised the act, choosing instead to call it the Carl D. While career and technical education (CTE) still offers woodshop, culinary arts, and automotive technology, students can also take courses in computer programming, architectural drafting, mechatronics engineering, and even entrepreneurship.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 15, 2025

Its been a joy to grow with our clients, partners and employees over the last 45 years, navigating so many technological and communication advances together. By 2006, all non-AxisTV products were retired, and the company rebranded as Visix to reflect its new direction.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2024

He’s been teaching since 2006, so he remembers a time before the invention of the iPhone, Instagram or TikTok. That’s the view of Lee Underwood, a 12th grade AP English literature and composition teacher at Millikan High School in Long Beach, California, who was the teacher of the year for his public school system in 2022.

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edWeb.net

DECEMBER 29, 2020

When planning for and evaluating professional learning opportunities, the presenters recognized that technology enables teachers to be engaged in sustained social learning with their mentors and peers. The CoSN Driving K-12 Innovation report identified “technology vs. the pedagogy gap” as a hurdle to innovation in schools.

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The CoolCatTeacher

DECEMBER 20, 2016

Several examples of technology and hands-on tools to create a playful learning environment. is a District Technology Resource Teacher for Fayette County Public Schools in Lexington, KY where she conducts professional development and provides supports to educators in instructional technology. Listen to the Audio.

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Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

If we really want to understand how effective educational technology tools are for improving learner outcomes, we need to stop throwing the baby out with the bathwater. As instructors consider technology tools for their courses, they are increasingly looking for evidence of effectiveness. This is where implementation science can help.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Course Hero was founded in 2006. Course Hero has purchased not just a technologically powerful platform, but also a committed user base. “If The existing Symbolab brand, and nine-strong team of mathematicians, developers and computer scientists will remain in place while the technology will be shared and integrated with Course Hero. “We

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 27, 2017

Teachers want their students to create, but don’t want to fight with clunky technology. Today’s show will help you understand one of the simplest technologies to use in the classroom: podcasting. Today’s show will help you understand one of the simplest technologies to use in the classroom: podcasting.

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Edsurge

JULY 28, 2021

Then publishing giant Pearson bought it from Apple in 2006. PowerSchool’s journey has gone like this: It was founded in 1997, back in the early days of the web and before smartphones, tablets or social media even existed. Tech giant Apple bought the company in 2001.

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Edsurge

JUNE 23, 2020

What was once the premier, must-go conference in the education technology industry is now going away. Last week, the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) announced that its education technology group will no longer operate as its own division beginning July 1. As part of the change, the Washington, D.C.-based

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2021

It was 2006, and I was working in the nonprofit world. By Charles Sosnik My heroes have always been cowboys And they still are, it seems Sadly, in search of, but one step in back of Themselves and their slow-movin’ dreams –Willie Nelson America lost a hero this week, and I lost one of my personal heroes.

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EdTechTeacher

MAY 18, 2023

Before joining EdTechTeacher, Tom served as Digital Learning Director for the Bristol Warren Regional School District, leading their Future Ready Educational Technology initiative and 1-1 device program.

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